Neutron Generation in a Plasma Diode with Electrons Insulated by a Constant Magnetic Field

Soviet Atomic Energy - Tập 119 - Trang 258-264 - 2016
A. E. Shikanov1, E. D. Vovchenko1, K. I. Kozlovskii1
1National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow, Russia

Tóm tắt

Neutron generation in a vacuum plasma diode with accelerating voltage to 280 kV and laser source of deuterons in the anode was investigated. The maximum neutron yield in a regime with magnetic insulation of the electrons in the reaction D(d, n)3 He is Qdd = 5·107 per count, which is 10 times higher than the value without a magnetic field. A hollow cylindrical NdFeB magnet, which is placed inside the vacuum volume of the diode and is also the diode’s cathode, is used to create a magnetic field. The conversion on the basis of numerical modeling showed that the neutron yield in the reaction T(d, n)4 He can reach 5·109 per count.

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Soviet Atomic Energy

Tập 119

258-264

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